Toy bedstead



. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM S. REED, OF LEOMINSTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

TOY BEDSTEAD.OR CRIB.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 279,665, dated June 19, 1883.

Application filed March 14. IEFS.

Leominster, in the county of Worcester and fication, in which- State of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in Toy Bedsteads or Cribs, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this speci- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a toy bedstead or cradle mounted on rockers and constructed in accordance with my invention.

.Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the same with the head and foot boards folded down and the detachable parts packed within the body, which serves as a box and is provided with a sliding cover. Figs. 3 and 4 are views of detachable head and foot corner-posts. Figs. 5 and 6 are local sections, representing themanner of attaching the corner-posts to the head and foot boards. Fig. 7 shows the manner of attaching the rockers to the bottom of the body of the bedstead or cradle.

This invention relates to that class of knockdown toys in which the several portions composing the same may be detached and disconnected from each other and packed within a box or receptacle, constituting one portion of the toy when set up;' and my present inven consists in a toy bedstead, crib, or cradle, provided with hinged or pivoted head and foot'boards, in order that they may be swung or folded down below the top of the body of the bedstead, which forms a box or receptacle for containing them and the detachable pieces, and is provided with a cover.

My invention also consists in detachable corner-posts, in combination with said head and foot boards, and the body of the bedstead converted into a box for receiving them.

My invention also consists in detachable rockers applied by dowel-pins or otherwise to the under side of the body of the bedstead, &c.

In the said drawings, A represents a rectangular box, the interior of each side of which is provided with a longitudinal groove, a, near its top for the reception vof a sliding cover, I). The ends of the box are of less depth than the sides, and are provided with pieces a d, pivoted at 8 to the latter, by which means they may be folded or swung down belowthe level of the grooves a in order that the cover may (N0 model.)

be slid into place. .The box is designed for the body of a toy. bedstead or crib, and may be ornamented on its exterior in imitation thereof, if desired. The pivoted pieces a d represent the head and foot boards of the same.

0 are corner pieces or posts connected with the ends of the head and foot boards either by dowel-pins f, entering holes in the latter, Fig. 6, or vice versa, or by dovetailed tongues 71 and grooves i, Fig.

k k are rockers connected with the body of the bedstead or crib by dowel-pins l I, their lower ends entering holes in the rockers, and

their upper ends entering holes in the bottoms of the four corners of the body; but the rockers may be held in place by dovetailed tongues and grooves.

WVhen the folding head and foot boards are swung down inside the body or box A, and

the several detachable pieces-i. e. the cornerposts, dowel-pins, and rockers-placed therein, the cover is slid into place, thus inclosing them in a package of small dimensions and protecting them from injury when not in nseandduring transportation.

I prefer to employ a cover sliding within grooves, as described; but one simply fitting over and detached from the top may be used, used, if desired.

I claim 1. A knockdown toy bedstead, cradle, 01' crib consisting of the body converted into a box, A, acover, b, therefor, and the folding head and foot boards 0 d, inclosed thereby, substantially as set forth.

2. The detachable corner-posts e, in combination with the folding head and foot boards 0 d, the box A, and cover 12, as described.

3. The detachable rockers k, in combination with the box A and a means of attaching them thereto, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

. 4 The combination of the dowel-pins I, rockers; k, and box A, with holes for the reception of the ends of the pins, as set forth.

\Vitness my hand this 10th day of March, 1883.

VILLIAM S. REED.

(NOM0de1.)-

D. S. RICHARDSON.

RADIATOR FOR FURNACES. v No. 279,666. Patented June 19,1883.

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